The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, has revealed that the country spent a whooping $4.5 million dollars on Black Stars’ disappointing 2019 Africa Cup of Nations campaign.

The figures were revealed when the Minister met Parliament on Wednesday to discuss Ghana’s participation at the 24-team tournament in Egypt.

"Ghana budgeted 6.3 million US Dollars for the Black Stars training camp and AFCON campaign.  Out of that, 4.5 million dollars was used. The remaining 1. 7 million dollars will be returned to the state"

Ghana’s dream of ending a 37-year wait for a trophy was ended via penalty shootouts defeat to Tunisia in the round of 16.

The expenditure covered the following:

The playing body

Technical team

Members of Parliament’s Select Committee on Youth and Sports

Representatives of GHALCA

Representatives of Old Footballers

Some staff of the GFA

Some staff of the Ministry of Youth and Sports

Some members of the Ghana Supporters Union

Journalists

A further breakdown of the expenditure is provided as follows:

Airfare – $924,168

Per diem, players – $187,050

Per diem, technical staff – $129, 600

Per diem, additional technical staff – $90,750

Winning bonus, players – $965, 405

Winning bonus, technical – $347,027

Winning bonus, additional technical staff – $177,000

Accommodation – $1,143,519

Feeding – $419,300

Match Tickets 0 $41,750

Medicals – $44,574

Visa Fees – $8,541

Internal Transportation -$43,092

Incidentals – $42,576

Total; $4,564,352